Glimmerglass: Summer Opera in Cooperstown
• July 25, 2018

Even with the presence of the open-air performance treasure house of Wolf Trap, and various summer offerings from Washington area theaters — the new musical “Dave” at Arena Stage, for […]

Spring Arts Preview
• February 21, 2018

By Ari Post and Richard Selden VISUAL ARTS SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM Do Ho Suh: Almost Home March 16 – August 5 Internationally renowned for his “fabric architecture,” which explores […]

Two Rare Operas: “La straniera” and “Alcina”
• November 8, 2017

In opera, as in most things, there is rare, and then there is rare. While the opera repertoire is large in all of its modes, genres and styles, not every […]

A Modern ‘Aida’
• September 14, 2017

This production, directed with verve by Francesca Zambello, and conducted with a deft feel for the emotional content of Verdi’s music by Evan Rogister, creates a buzz of its own.

‘Hedwig’ Comes to Washington
• June 21, 2017

The Kennedy Center’s musical summer or summer of musicals seems at once familiar — four smash musical hits — and a little dissonant. The dissonance with the four road-show musicals […]